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Higher ACT score required for Bright Flight scholarships
JEFFERSON CITY Mo. High school seniors seeking a Bright Flight scholarship from the state will have to be a little bit brighter this year.
September 22, 2007
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California State University, Long Beach removes journalism chairman
LONG BEACH Calif. The chairman of the journalism department at California State University, Long Beach, lost his position after criticizing a plan to end print editions of the campus newspaper.
September 22, 2007
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Marshall University cracks down on illegal downloads
CHARLESTON W.Va. Illegal music downloading will no longer be tolerated at Marshall University after the recording industry sued two students.
September 22, 2007
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West Kentucky University officials say protest won’t sway university’s no-gun policy
BOWLING GREEN Ky. A group of Western Kentucky University students are planning a protest next month to decry a campus policy banning guns.
September 22, 2007
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Police investigate shooting death of UC student in Sacramento
SACRAMENTO Police are searching for clues in the execution-style killing of a University of California, Berkeley student.
September 22, 2007
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Profanity about Bush forces college paper to make cutbacks
FORT COLLINS Colo. Colorado State University’s student newspaper has lost $30,000 in advertising and had to cut pay and other budgets by 10 percent because of fallout from the use of a four-letter word in an editorial about President Bush, the Coloradoan reported Saturday.
September 22, 2007
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Delaware State students point to tension among rival groups before shooting wounded 2
DOVER Delaware Tension between rival groups of friends from New Jersey and Washington, D.C., preceded the late-night shooting at Delaware State University that wounded two people, students said.
September 22, 2007
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University of Mississippi’s frat’s year suspension upheld
OXFORD Miss. A University of Mississippi official says a year suspension given to a fraternity after a black student said he was called a racial slur at a party has been upheld.
September 20, 2007
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Students Shot at Delaware State
DOVER, Del. Two students were shot and wounded, one seriously, at Delaware State University early Friday, and the campus was locked down as police searched for a gunman, officials said.
September 20, 2007
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For HBCU Students, Jena Is The Civil Rights Movement of Their Generation
JENA, La. North Carolina Central University law student Quinn Byars had heard all the talk about being part of history for making the trek to Jena, La., with thousands of other protestors Thursday. But college students like Byars believe they’ve made a much bigger statement to the world.
September 20, 2007
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University of Mississippi student was intoxicated during deadly fall
JACKSON Miss. The University of Mississippi student who died after suffering massive head trauma when he fell from a tree was drunk when the accident happened, officials said Thursday.
September 20, 2007
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Families of college students grapple with privacy rules
For parents hoping to keep tabs on their college-bound kids this fall, schools have this advice: Get it in writing if you can.
September 19, 2007
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Pulling the scab off an old wound at wrong time
Four years ago, Donovan McNabb got off to a lousy start and Rush Limbaugh said the media propped him up because it was “very desirous” to see black quarterbacks succeed.
September 19, 2007
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Getting to Know Melody Rodriguez
When Melody Rodriguez came to the United States from Merida, Venezuela, at the age of 17, she didn’t know she would work in higher education.
September 19, 2007
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Preparing Students for Workplace Diversity
Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business has established a center and undergraduate studies program focusing on business diversity.
September 19, 2007
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Ebony Publisher Pledges $2.5 Million to Create Journalism Center at USC
The publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines, Johnson Publishing Co., has pledged $2.5 million to create a new program to support journalism and communication students in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.
September 19, 2007
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Question Regarding Student Drug Use Returns in FAFSA Debate
Opponents say the provision disproportionately affects low-income, minority students.
September 19, 2007
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Anchorage Daily News: Sen. Murkowski’s efforts to change federal education law
The controversial No Child Left Behind Act is due to expire this year, and as Congress works on renewing it, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski wants to fix one of the law’s more glaring problems. No Child Left Behind uses an unfair and unhelpful way to judge how well schools educate children.
September 19, 2007
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